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Want to help new Afghan Canadians settle into their new communities? Here's you you can contact to help: afghanresettlement.ca/en/partnering-… #cdnpoli #WelcomeHome

Happy International Women's Day!! twitter.com/WelcomeHomeTO/…

And you were an amazing speaker! Thanks for your insights!

Some amazing speakers, and one of my favourite people @ranooshy! Can't wait to hear from @Multi_Languages @AbrarMch and @jas_hawamdeh and learning about Ravina! #LAD22 @LAD_Canada #cdnpoli

Learning from @AbrarMch and her journey to becoming a trauma-informed #mentalhealth professional, born in Hamilton, raised in Aleppo, became a refugee back to Canada and now is making a difference for many. #LAD22 #MentalHealthMatters #LanguageAccessMatters #cdnpoli

We need more culturally-sensitive and linguistically-reflective #mentalhealth services for newcomers in #onpoli, #cdnpoli and beyond. Thank you for an amazing panel @ranooshy @jas_hawamdeh @AbrarMch @Multi_Languages and Ravina! #LAD22

Please share! @MCISLanguages @schliferclinic @ATIO2017 @AccessAlliance @Ethnicchannels @CdnArabInst @INCommunities @Multi_Languages @osl_toronto @WelcomeHomeTO @ImmigrantWomen @BriConnect @refugee613 @themmajority @CanLangMuseum @project_abraham @SWCHC @SAHealthNetwork

Up now - closing remarks from our friend, @DolyBegum , an incredible champion for #LanguageAccess for all Canadians. It's an honor to keep working with younudge the changes required to provide equitable, timely access to quality information + services for all! #LAD22

A warm welcome to our moderators and speakers - My #mentalhealth is #multilingual: @ranooshy @WelcomeHomeTO @CdnArabInst @jas_hawamdeh @KidsHelpPhone @Multi_Languages @AbrarMch #BellLetsTalk #mentalhelath #pandemic #stress @INforMHAA #OLRC22 #Canada #LAD22 #languagerightsmatter

MULTILINGUAL Mental Health #mymentalhealthismultilingual .@ranooshy .@WelcomeHomeTO .@CdnArabInst .@jas_hawamdeh .@KidsHelpPhone .@Multi_Languages .@AbrarMch #BellLetsTalk #mentalhealth #pandemic #stress #languages .@INforMHAA #OLRC22 #Canada #LAD22 #languagerightsmatter

While we are highlighting @ranooshy and @WelcomeHomeTO who helped to put together a great number of discussions exploring the ground-level settlement experience of #newcomers and their support networks (sponsors, volunteers, front-line service providers)...

Today I announced new measures that will help reduce wait times, improve client experience, and help modernize our immigration system. These measures build on the work we've already done to reduce wait times, including hiring 500 new processing staff and digitizing applications.

"KITCHENER— After helping hundreds of Syrian refugees settle here, Christian Snyder knows there is a real need for an easy-to-use platform that helps newcomers into their Canadian life." therecord.com/news/waterloo-… Agreed! @ranooshy @bayankhatib

"We also need to put in some serious effort to improve the user experience of Canada's immigration system." - @SeanFraserMP Agree! What are the steps being taken to realize that? @cdnpoli #immigrationmatters

Better inter-governmental co-ordination would improve refugee response systems, particularly in countries where Canada is diplomatically present. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/janu… #cdnpoli #immgrantsmatter @WelcomeHomeTO @ranooshy

New job opportunity! @youthfulcities is looking for 5 part-time Outreach Assistants to help develop a new data and technology tool that will support refugee settlement in secondary cities. To learn more visit forms.gle/vpn5SnPypi8Nev… #cdnpoli @CivicTechTO @SeanFraserMP

"Imagine there was one place that had it all..." youtube.com/watch?v=fNfNyI… @COSTI_org #settlement #ImmigrationMatters @ranooshy

"Agencies say finding rentals has been a major problem as many communities struggle with an affordable housing crisis." ctvnews.ca/canada/afghan-… Less of a problem when refugees move to towns with more housing/less overwhelmed service providers... #cdnpoli @bayankhatib

You asked me “what can be done?” About improving the settlement experiences of Afghan refugees, @tonyasurman - we were working on this today at @csiTO Spadina. @bayankhatib @youthfulcities @JumpstartCDN #cdnpoli #holisticsolutions @WelcomeHomeTO #cdnpoli

Immigrants made up 21.9% of Canada’s population in 2016 (Census 2016), + 23.8% of the labour force (Census 2016) International students contributed about $21.5 billion to the Canadian economy in 2018 (Global Affairs Canada, 2018) canada.ca/en/immigration… #cdnpoli @WelcomeHomeTO